New York

The city of New York is an important center for music, film, theater, dance and visual art.The culture of New York City is reflected by the city's size and variety and many American cultural movements first emerged in this city. The city is the birthplace of many cultural movements, including the Harlem Renaissance in literature, visual art and painting.

New York was a center of jazz in 1940s and the birthplace of hip-hop in 1970s. The city prominently excels in cuisine, dance, music, opera. theatre, fashion, museums and literature and New York City has been considered the dance capital of the world, too.

Entertainment and performing arts. Today, New York City is the second largest center for the film industry in the United States. The city has more than 2,000 arts and cultural organizations and more than 500 art galleries of all sizes. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is home to 12 influential arts organizations, including Jazz at Lincoln Center, Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, New York Philharmonic.

New York City Ballet and others. It is the largest performing arts center in the United States.There are more than 40 million international tourists visiting New York each yeain the past five years.